How to download your Facebook account (official)

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    So you want to download everything from your Facebook account? This is the official method.

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    Log in to Facebook. Click on the drop-down menu in the top-right and choose Account Settings.

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    Click on the "Download a copy" link in the bottom left.

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    Read everything on this page and then click on the green "Start My Archive" button.

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    Click on the green "Start My Archive" button again.

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    If you did it right, the button will be replaced with the following message: "You will receive an email when your archive is ready for download."

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    When you return to the "Download Your Information" webpage, the green button will be replaced with a "Pending..." message and the following message: "We're generating your personal archive. We'll e-mail you when it's ready."

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    Wait till you get the e-mail to whatever e-mail address your Facebook account is registered with. Once you do, it will look something like this.

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    The download link will take you back to your "Account Settings" webpage. Click on the "Download a copy" link again.

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    If you have been logged into Facebook for longer than 20 minutes, you'll have to re-enter your password on Facebook. If this troubles you see this explanation.

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    Read everything on this webpage and click on the green "Download Archive" button.

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    Name it anything you want and choose where to save it. Depending on how large the archive is, it may take a few minutes to download.

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    Once it's downloaded, it will look something like this zip file.

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    Right click the file and choose "Extract All..."

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    Choose where you want to extract it to and click the "Extract" button.

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    Depending on how large the archive is, it may take a few seconds to extract.

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    The resulting folder will look something like this. Open it.

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    Open the folder inside too.

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    This is the index file. Open it to view your archive.

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    You're done! You now have a locally-stored version of your Facebook account, with everything you've ever posted and shared on the social network.

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So you want to download everything from your Facebook account? This is the official method.

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